Head-to-head comparison across 1benchmark categories. Overall scores shown here use BenchLM's provisional ranking lane.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
41
MiniMax M2.7
62
Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 3.5 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
Coding
+4.7 difference
Claude 3.5 Sonnet
MiniMax M2.7
$3 / $15
$0.3 / $1.2
N/A
45 t/s
N/A
2.53s
200K
200K
Pick MiniMax M2.7 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Claude 3.5 Sonnet only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.
MiniMax M2.7 is clearly ahead on the provisional aggregate, 62 to 41. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.
MiniMax M2.7's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 53.7 against 49.
Claude 3.5 Sonnet is also the more expensive model on tokens at $3.00 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.30 input / $1.20 output per 1M tokens for MiniMax M2.7. That is roughly 12.5x on output cost alone.
MiniMax M2.7 is ahead on BenchLM's provisional leaderboard, 62 to 41.
MiniMax M2.7 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 53.7 versus 49. Claude 3.5 Sonnet stays close enough that the answer can still flip depending on your workload.
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